North Cowichan climate

North Cowichan Weather in January

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around North Cowichan, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 5°C on January 1 to 6°C on January 31, and lows from 1°C to 2°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 133 mm over about 19 wet days.

January day by day

The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at North Cowichan, in °C.02468151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high

January at a glance

Average high
6°C
Average low
2°C
Precipitation
133 mm
Daylight
8 h 21 min to 9 h 25 min
Cloud cover
77%
Humidity
90%
Dew point
2°C
Wind
10.1 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wet
Jan 15°C1°C63%
Jan 25°C1°C64%
Jan 35°C1°C63%
Jan 45°C1°C62%
Jan 55°C1°C62%
Jan 65°C1°C62%
Jan 75°C1°C61%
Jan 85°C1°C61%
Jan 95°C1°C61%
Jan 105°C1°C61%
Jan 115°C1°C61%
Jan 125°C2°C61%
Jan 135°C2°C60%
Jan 145°C2°C60%
Jan 156°C2°C61%
Jan 166°C2°C60%
Jan 176°C2°C59%
Jan 186°C2°C58%
Jan 196°C2°C57%
Jan 206°C2°C56%
Jan 216°C2°C56%
Jan 226°C2°C58%
Jan 236°C2°C59%
Jan 246°C2°C59%
Jan 256°C2°C60%
Jan 266°C2°C59%
Jan 276°C2°C59%
Jan 286°C2°C59%
Jan 296°C2°C59%
Jan 306°C2°C58%
Jan 316°C2°C57%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at North Cowichan, in percent.0204060801102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (PST).

January 1
sunrise 8:08 AM, sunset 4:29 PM
January 31
sunrise 7:46 AM, sunset 5:11 PM

Every day of January: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station CA1BC000125, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.